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« on: September 10, 2005, 03:46:26 AM »
Didn't know where else to put this. I have a text file with 176 lines of text. I need the lines of text shuffled into a random order. Doesn't really matter to me how it gets done. Just so long as I can either input text into a field and have it shuffle it. Or have a script/program shuffle the text file.
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« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2005, 06:31:23 AM »
i dont understand what you mean p0tter?

i have a small php script that used to randomly pull random quotes from a text file, each line was a new quote, would that help?

+ where have you been of late?
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« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2005, 11:30:45 AM »
Code:
$data = file('file.txt');
shuffle($data);
$newdata = implode("", $data);
$fp = fopen('file.txt', 'w');
fwrite($fp, $newdata);
fclose($fp);

Make sure there is a new line at the end of the input file.
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« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2005, 03:16:14 PM »
Quote from: Nibbler on September 10, 2005, 11:30:45 AM
Code:
$data = file('file.txt');
shuffle($data);
$newdata = implode("", $data);
$fp = fopen('file.txt', 'w');
fwrite($fp, $newdata);
fclose($fp);

Make sure there is a new line at the end of the input file.

Thanks man. Worked perfectly.

Quote from: Garvey on September 10, 2005, 06:31:23 AM
+ where have you been of late?

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